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Red's Eats

<p>Few highway snarls are as loathed as the one that forms on the Route 1 bridge in Wiscasset. On summer weekends, cars wait up to an hour to cross. Relief can be found at Red's Eats, a gaudy roadside hut just south of the bridge. The market-price roll is ridiculously generous: a whole lobster's worth of nearly intact, unadorned meat (mayo or butter comes on the side), overflowing from a tiny hot dog bun that's too unwieldy to pick up. The solution? Use your fingers to eat the plump morsels, dipping them in melted butter: instant lobster cocktail. Perfect for whiling away the next 30 minutes in traffic—and don't worry, you'll be going too slowly to spill.</p>

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From Travel + Leisure , AUG 2006

Both are generously filled (Red's claims to use an entire one-pound lobster per sandwich)....MORE>>

– Peter Jon Lindberg Maine Course

From Travel + Leisure , AUG 2004

At Red's Eats, a picturesque roadside stand dating to 1938, the lobster roll stays true to its working-class origins....MORE>>

– Francine Maroukian Summer of Sandwiches

Last updated August 2006